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  • Review | The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

    Review | The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

    Title: The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019) Author: Samantha Shannon Publisher: Bloomsbury Read: 3rd – 28th March 2019 Genre: fantasy Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive…

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  • T5W | Most Anticipated 2019 Releases

    T5W | Most Anticipated 2019 Releases

    Welcome one and all to this week’s Top 5 Wednesday post! For those of you who don’t know Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingerreadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This Wednesday’s…

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  • T5W | Books As Video Games

    T5W | Books As Video Games

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

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  • Review | The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

    Review | The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

    Title: The Song Rising (2017) Author: Samantha Shannon Read: 19th – 25th February Genre: fantasy; dystopian Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The third book in Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season series, The Song Rising sees Paige and her not-so-merry band of clairvoyants venture outside of the Scion-controlled environs of London’s streets and into a much darker and deadlier world. The…

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  • March 2017 | Wrap Up

    March 2017 | Wrap Up

    As far as months go, March was pretty much a non-entity. Or, at least, that’s what it feels like now I’m looking back on it… which is ridiculous because two films I was highly anticipated were released, I saw them, and loved both. (Beauty and the Beast and Kong: Skull Island, for what it’s worth)…

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  • 2017 Book Haul #2

    2017 Book Haul #2

    I know what you’re thinking, am I really hauling another lot of books so soon after my first book haul of the year? Yes, in short. Amazon is the devil, it encourages me to buy books, and they make it so easy to acquire books that I just can’t say no. Their 3 for 10 paperback offer…

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  • WWW Wednesday #2 | 22nd March 2017

    WWW Wednesday #2 | 22nd March 2017

    Exactly a month after I did my last WWW Wednesday, I bring you another! (You have to admit: this is a sort of consistency… just not the regularity the meme originally suggests.) Whilst you can always find out what I’m reading via Goodreads (mainly because I update my page number obsessively in case my bookmark falls…

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  • Six Degrees of Separation | Fever Pitch

    Six Degrees of Separation | Fever Pitch

    It’s that time, folks, I bring you another Six Degrees of Separation, book-style! If you don’t know what this meme is then see my previous post or the creator’s website for more details. Basically, every month a book is chosen and participants have to get as far away from the book as possible in six steps.…

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  • Anticipated 2017 Releases (January/February/March)

    After being suitably retrospective with my ‘Best Of’ and ‘Year in Review’ posts, I’m now looking forwards towards the releases which I personally am anticipating in the first three months of 2017. There are a few sequels being released next year that I’m itching to get my hands on (I need them like yesterday) as well as…

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  • T5W | Books You Want To See As TV Shows

    T5W | Books You Want To See As TV Shows

    Welcome one, welcome all, to ‘Emma Remembers Top 5 Wednesdays Exists And Decides To Join In’… again. Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme/challenge which was created by the wonderful Lainey from gingereadslainey and is now overseen by the equally lovely Sam from Thoughts of Tomes. Every Wednesday, participants devise their Top 5 based on a given topic. This…

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